Eisleygram III

Here is the third installment of Eisleygram (Instagram dump) these were some of my favorite quick iPhone snapshots from the past couple months.

Dear Eisley...Four Months

Dear Eisley,

Wow...this past month as been hard. I have been crazy busy with school and Dad has had to not only work a ton, but come home and take over with you so I could go to school, internship, do homework. (which is why this is almost two weeks late) Sometimes it seems as though you never see us together. You also started going to a daycare about 11 hours a week so I can do school stuff. I was so sad to leave you there the first time, after I dropped you off I sat in my car and cried, I wanted to be the one to hold you all day. But when I came back to pick you up, you were having so much fun looking at the other babies and playing with your teachers that it made all my heartache go away.

You have changed leaps and bounds! you no longer look like a little newborn and you now look like a chubby cherub baby. You can do so much more with your body too. You love holding toys in your hands and you recently found out you have feet and you can't get enough of them. Some of the toys you are loving lately is Mr. Fox, Sophie the giraffe, and your crinkly blocks.  It is so fun to watch you discover the world around you.You also discovered you can pull your pacifier out of your mouth and hold it. However, you get very mad because you can't quite figure out how to put it back in. So you just hold your pacifier out in front of you and scream at it...we just can't help but laugh at how frustrated you get.

You also started drooling...I am talking waterfalls of drool. I quickly discovered that I really do not enjoy wet sticky hands all over my face. You love eating your hands, your blankets, the kitties, Dads face, your toys...well pretty much everything! We are not sure if it is teething or just that stage in a babies development where you drool and put everything in your mouth, either way we have been having you wear an amber teething necklace and you love gnawing on the frozen teethers.

Another new thing is laughing! You have given us a few great laughs...You make us really work for them, but when they come it is hilarious! We love trying to figure out what makes you laugh, I am sure we look like crazy people making funny faces and sounds...but hey you do what you do to get the baby laughs! You also started to make this funny Wookie type gargle sound, you do it when your really tickled about something. The other new sounds, that isn't quite as cute, is the Teradactyl screech you make. We have come to the conclusion that this is some evolutionary trait passed down from cave men to call their prey. You seem to be having fun when you do it, but I we wonder if we are going to have our hands full if you are this loud already.

You love standing, you get the biggest grin on your face and you feel so proud of yourself when you lock your knees and stand up straight. When we sit you up you are constantly kicking your legs out so you can stand up.  Much to my sadness you are not really a cuddler, you are much more happy to just sit or stand on a lap. I try to pull you in close but you just push away. You still like your face rubbed when you are trying to fall asleep, or just a hand on your chest.

We also have started to call you some funny nicknames, your dad started calling you Nugs which sometimes turns into Nugger, Nug Sauce, Nuggy--I think all of this came from calling you Nugget but who knows. We have always had strange nicknames for each other and the kitties so I guess it was just meant to be. I also call you Bug-a-boo which equally makes me giddy and disgusts me at the same time. I have never wanted to be a baby talk lady, but it seems as though you just bring it out of me.

Well my love, this month you have shown me that all the hard work in life is worth it. Spending my days (and nights) with you is amazing and life changing! Thanks for letting me love you.

So lady like!

My Little Valentine

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

You're my baby,

Oh Eisley, I love you.  

My life is Cray.

So yeah...this blog took the back burner latley. Here is what I have been doing with my time:

• Kicking ass on my Orals--Passed with Distinction! (spend over 40hrs on this sucker)
• Taking an extra class right now, so two night classes a week....ugh
• Started a new internship which started out with 3 all day saturday trainings...which cuts into Brian's fishing time, not cool!
• Working at my current Internship about 10 hours a week
• Taking care of my sick husband
• Taking care of my sick baby
• Taking care of my sick self
• Feeling the need to constantly clean, but never feeling like the house is clean
• Dreaming up crafting and photography projects that I can do when i finish classes in June
• Eating way too much cereal...helloooo Cinnamon Roll Capn Crunch!
• Messing with my kitties
• Not taking enough showers
• Listening to way to much dubstep to get me through the all night homework sessions
• Loving that Eisley is sleeping through the night, until she isn't sleeping through the night

4 month Dear Eisley...coming soon!

Me right after I passed my Oral Exam!

Christmas 2012

We went to Reno for Christmas and we got to spend time with all of our family and even some friends. It was so wonderful to introduce Eisley to most of the family for the first time. She loved her cousins, spending time in front of the fire, watching the snow fall, and looking at all the doggies. Besides her first Christmas she also experienced her first flight and first snow. She was held by so many different people and won the hearts of all that met her. We even tried some pintrest photo idea's that we stated "nailed it" when we took it.  Enjoy this Photo dump of some of my favorite snapshots.

Coolest Dad ever!

The whole Johnson Fam at the new cabin

Cousin love!

Eisley's Christmas Stocking!

Bowman family on Christmas morning!

Fell asleep while watching the snow fall.

Fun time in the snow...well, some fun!

My friends since 5th grade, all with our little girls.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! this is going to be a freaking awesome new year!

Eisleygram II

Here is the second installment of Eisleygram (Instagram dump) these were some of my favorite quick iPhone snapshots from the past couple months. I have a love hate relationship with my iPhone camera, I love how it is always close to capture all the little moments throughout my day with Eisley...but I also hate that because of this I don't break out any of the real cameras enough.

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Dear Eisley....Three Months.

Dear Eisley,

Whoa! time flies...I think I will be saying this every month. But truly it seems like it is going at warp speed. You are so fun, I love your little personality...well its not that little. You know what you like and don't like, and you are not afraid of letting us know. You have this new little fake cry, its sort of your warning "if you don't change something pretty soon I am going to really cry" cry. We just laugh when we hear it and try to figure out what you want...you already have us wrapped around your little fingers.

You are freaking strong. You have been since birth but you have all these new tricks you can do now. You still hate tummy time but you started rolling over onto your back, the first time you did it you cried because it scared you to move like that. Also, you love standing up, we grab your little hands and help you up, once standing you give a huge grin and a girly squeal to let us know you are having a good time. You also want to be sitting up all the time now, you love looking around and watching the world around you--I think you just started to notice that there is a world around you!

We have somewhat settled into a schedule of sorts... though I sort of just wing it at times. We started a little bedtime routine where we sing some songs, read a book and pray. Sometimes you make it through and sometimes you're asleep before we can get to any of it. Speaking of sleeping, you are a funny girl! When you start to get fussy or overtired, you like to be face-palmed...it looks really bad to unsuspecting onlookers, but I think you just like the feel of our skin close to you. I don't think you will have a problem with claustrophobia in the future.

This month was busy, you got your first shots, went on your first plane ride, celebrated your first Christmas and slept in too many different places to count. You are one laid back baby, you just went with it all....well not without some crying here and there.  During all of this you somehow grew up, you no longer look like a newborn and you have lost that newborn smell...it is mind blowing how much you change everyday. I simultaneously love seeing you grow and never want you to change.

You are teaching me so much, how to love, how to give, and how to live more than I ever knew was possible. Thanks little one.

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